So, what’s that all about?Jesus’ words echo in a recurring dream to Lali Russo, a seventeen-year-old Catholic school girl.  Lali wakes and asks, and “Why that dream again? and ”  Two thousand years ago, the scourged and bloody form of a man who claimed to be God carried the wood on which he would be crucified. Coming upon some distraught women, He says, and “Women of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves and your children.  For if these things are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry? and ”  The novel,  When the Wood Is Dry  by Joseph Cillo, Jr. attempts to answer this question.  When the Wood Is Dry  will be published in three parts as    I. Call of the Innocent, II. Crucifixion,  and  III. Resurrection.   But now, you can get  all  three  parts  together in a  single  paperback volume! Lali Russo is called to walk a path of suffering that she struggles to understand. Praying at an abortion clinic, she encounters the pregnant girlfriend of a notorious gang leader. She confronts the girl’s boyfriend, the ruthless Ralo as he sharpens his machete. and “Go away, little girl, this is no’ ju beesness. and ”   Walk the full path with Lali, in this edition, which includes all three parts of the novel, and learn the surprising fates of those impacted by her journey. But beware, Part Crucifixion. Included in this edition is an appendix with a synopsis of Part II so that readers who are troubled by the suffering of an innocent can enjoy the story without intimately experiencing the disturbing events of the second part of the novel.  As the subtitle,  An Edgy Catholic Thriller  suggests,  When the Wood Is Dry  is  Edgy  – Intended only for mature audiences,  Catholic  – includes overtly Catholic religious imagery and perspectives, and  Thrilling  – and “full of twists and turns, action and heart-wrenching moments, and ” as one reader commented. Get the full story in Hardcover or Paperback! When the Wood Is An Edgy Catholic Thriller I. Call of the Innocent II. Crucifixion III. Resurrection All in a single, paperback volume. A synopsis of  II. Crucifixion  is included in an appendix for those sensitive readers who would like to avoid the vivid cruelty of the second part of the story. Please     When the Wood Is An Edgy Catholic Thriller  includes mature subject matter, profanity, and violence. Reader discretion is advised.

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